GLASSBLOWING

Meaning of GLASSBLOWING in English

Pronunciation: - ˌ bl ō -i ŋ

Function: noun

Date: circa 1829

: the art of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing air into it through a tube

– glass · blow · er \ - ˌ bl ō (- ə )r \ noun

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GLASSBLOWING — noun Date: circa 1829 the art of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GLASSBLOWING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : an art of shaping a mass of glass by inflating it through a tube after the glass …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLASSBLOWING — — glassblower , n. /glas"bloh'ing/ , n. the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GLASSBLOWING — n. art of producing glassware by blowing air into molten glass
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GLASSBLOWING — noun Date: circa 1829 : the art of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GLASSBLOWING — [glass.blow.ing] n (ca. 1829): the art of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GLASSBLOWING — the practice of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing air into it through …
Britannica English vocabulary
HANDBLOWN — adjective Date: 1925 made by glassblowing and molded by hand
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GLASSBLOWER — noun see: glassblowing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GATHER — I. verb (~ed; ~ing) see: good Date: before 12th century transitive verb to bring together ; collect , 2. pick …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GATHER — I. ˈgathə(r), ˈgeth- sometimes ˈgȧth- verb ( gathered ; gathered ; gathering -th(ə)riŋ ; gathers ) Etymology: Middle English gaderen, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAMPWORKING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the process of fashioning objects from glass tubing and cane softened to workability over the flame of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLASSBLOWER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : one skilled in the art of glassblowing — compare lampworker
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GATHERING IRON — noun or gathering rod : an iron rod used for gathering molten glass for glassblowing
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLASSBLOWER — see glassblowing
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GATHER — I. ˈga-thər also ˈge- verb ( gath·ered ; gath·er·ing ˈgath-riŋ, ˈga-thə-) Etymology: Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANDBLOWN — adjective Date: 1925 : made by glassblowing and molded by hand
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANDBLOWN — [hand.blown] adj (1925): made by glassblowing and molded by hand
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GATHER — [gath.er] vb gath.ered ; gath.er.ing [ME gaderen, fr. OE gaderian; akin to Skt gadhya what one clings to--more at good] …
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